I was trying to explain about blogging to a friend who is new to the computer. She wanted to know why I would air my personal thoughts on a public venue. A friend who is a retired librarian says that the type of blog I write is rather like Samuel Pepys Diary, a recitation of the activities in my life. The first friend wonders why anyone would visit to read a recap of my days. I couldn’t find a way to explain it to her satisfaction.
\nA friend from my chatting days sent me a wonderful e-mail about friendship. One of the lines in that e-mail was “Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.” I’ve been writing about events, but now I’ve slipped to writing about people!
\nGod……I’m only average, and very confused.
\nSeriously….I believe that I blog because of the sense of community that it brings. Right now, I tend to stay close to home. I’m so accustomed to caring for my mother that I have opted to keep in touch with friends electronically, rather than in person. I find all sorts of new ideas, and answers to questions in the blogs I visit, and the variety in those blogs is helping to keep me curious about life. Eventually, I will sign up for classes again, and participate in charitable activities, and perhaps travel, but for now, you are all my window on the world. I’ll work on that “average” problem. *G*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was trying to explain about blogging to a friend who is new to the computer. She wanted to know why I would air my personal thoughts on a public venue. A friend who is a retired librarian says that … Continue reading